Howard Rambsy II
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An African American literature & culture microblogging site
Joined January 2010
Whew. If “clock it” was a statement.
Napheesa Collier’s full statement today, where she challenged Commissioner Cathy Engelbert and the WNBA with directness and stunning detail we rarely hear from active players. Worth listening to every word.
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Important extension here. It also clarifies some distance between Coates and Klein. I was a bit surprised, disappointed that Klein seemed at times to talk far more than his guest at times. Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines
nytimes.com
The writer Ta-Nehisi Coates joins Ezra Klein on the show to discuss how the left should think about the work of politics and persuasion in this moment.
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I see you, lil sister -- @blkgrlpoet -- upstaging all those up-and-coming ballers with your announcement on the WNBA draft day. I see you. Always on time. 😆
I’m so excited and blessed to say that I will complete school this summer as a first-generation PhD and that I have accepted a tenure-track Assistant Professor of African American Lit position at Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville! Moving to St. Louis this summer! ❤️🙌🏾
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A short take (podcast episode) on Elizabeth McHenry, @kinohin Nishikawa, and African American literary studies --
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I somehow forgot to add Ultimate Black Panther to my comic book pull list. But when I got to my local shop, they had it for me. How? Why? "We know you want anything @bryanedwardhill writes," they said.
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Reading this article reminded me of that photo with @DWill5, Sonia Sanchez, @FJasmineG, Maryemma Graham, Cheryl Wall, @dem8z, and others at Traylor's home in DC.
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Alright now! ‘Sister-friend’ of Angelou, Baldwin and Morrison champions their books https://t.co/q5mK4DDh10
washingtonpost.com
Eleanor Traylor, 90, a literary critic and former head of Howard University’s English and humanities departments, is fighting book bans and isn’t slowing down.
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A few reflections on Angel C. Dye's poems, My Mouth A Constant Prayer -- https://t.co/A7B2f4QyYZ
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Oh, and speaking of @c_thorsson's The Sisterhood, her episode on *the* 1977 photograph remains the most popular episode for our Remarkable Receptions podcast: https://t.co/5LBJm8uKqu Apple podcasts: https://t.co/528kFYv5ij
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Then, then back to @c_thorsson's Sisterhood" and @dan_sinykin's "Big Fiction," you think about this place -- New York City -- and consider what it meant for the growth, publication of African American fiction. Or a question: What's up with Big Fiction and Black women writers?
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Ok, and the other key, connecting figure, if you're looking at @dan_sinykin and @XanderManshel from the perspective of Af-Am lit studies, has to be Colson Whitehead.
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• Thorsson charts Morrison during late 1970s as member of this group known as The Sisterhood. • Sinykin focuses on Morrison the editor and novelist, situating her among major shifts/developments in publishing. • Manshel highlights Morrison as central for historical fiction
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If my teaching load wasn't so heavy this semester, and I had a few moments to write about what I'm reading, I'd say something about Toni Morrison as a key connecting point for these three books by @c_thorsson, @dan_sinykin, @XanderManshel.
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hey, hey @domflemons, what a treat to see you as the featured image on this Times article. https://t.co/SSAQxRoHSQ
nytimes.com
In returning to a songbook that is decades — if not centuries — old, a new generation of performers is expanding the definition of what their traditional art form can be.
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São Tomé was part of "one of the most important economic circuits in the history of the world,” @hofrench points out in Born in Blackness. https://t.co/LM1b8mbiDT
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I usually focus on novels that receive remarkable responses, but Born in Blackness had me thinking about rarely mentioned places and histories.
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Here it is, on Spotify: https://t.co/5nsbTLzXln
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Remarkable Receptions · Episode
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